“If you are who you say you are… can you play Madden? My challenge is to you,” Newton says in the video.

Newton also laid out a challenge to his fans. Anyone who wants to go head-to-head with him can shoot an email to playcam@cam1newton.com with their full name, phone number and gamertag. Newton’s gamertags are theACEboog1e (on Xbox 360) and CAMdaGREATx2 (on PlayStation 3).

Tebow, along with the Madden “Clutch Team” – which includes Drew Brees and Jimmy Graham of the New Orleans Saints – rallied with a last-minute touchdown yesterday to win the Madden Bowl XVIII championship 16-13 over the “Rookie Team” of draft-eligible athletes.

Tebow was the default quarterback on the game, so I have to think that had some influence, but considering Orton’s basic quarterback ratings were better than most of Tebow’s, I was surprised to see Tim tally three extra wins.

Orton attempted 75 more passes than Tebow, yet had only 121 more yards passing and five fewer touchdowns. While Tebow had more interceptions, the two four-interception games obviously inflated his final numbers in a bad way.

But when it comes down to it, I think the only real numbers most fans care about are the win’s and losses. Especially with the real Broncos currently sitting at 1-2.

Regardless, as with the College Football 12 simulated results, it will be interesting to see how the rest of the real season plays out.

Oh, and for those that are more interested in the game itself, EA has provided a few instructional videos. Below is the first segment on passing, but there are several others available through the link.

With the excitement surrounding the release of Madden 12 growing daily, I thought it would be nice to share EA Sports’ press release regarding their latest fan contest.

Please note that the Broncos are represented by wide receiver Brandon Lloyd in the Spectacular Catch category.

Enjoy.

EA SPORTS, ESPN.com and SportsNation are once again giving fans an opportunity to make their voices heard in Madden NFL 12 leading up to the game’s release on August 30. At the stroke of midnight on Monday, August 22, fans will be able to log onto ESPN.com to vote for the five athletes that will be bestowed the coveted 100 rating in five distinct Madden NFL 12 categories in a campaign entitled Club 100.

Each day from August 22-26, SportsNation.com will unveil a new skill category to vote amongst five candidates, each of which is highly debatable among NFL fans and Madden players. The categories include: Throw Accuracy, Elusiveness, Hit Power, Spectacular Catch and Speed. The winning athlete in each category will be announced on SportsNation on Friday, August 26 and their 100 rating will be added to Madden NFL 12 via downloadable roster update during the opening week of the NFL regular season.

Much like the Madden NFL 12 Cover Vote, Club 100 will involve a variety of promotions across ESPN platforms. Leading up to and throughout the week of voting, exclusive Club 100 content will be featured on SportsNation, SportsNation.com and through their social media pages including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Content featured on ESPN.com will include a live comments section, video and other exclusive web content. Fans on the go will also be able to vote via ESPN Mobile.

The schedule of categories and the five athletes in the running for each are as follows:

Meanwhile, University of Alabama running back Mark Ingram snagged the cover of NCAA Football 2012 by beating Auburn’s Nick Fairley, Oklahoma’s DeMarco Murray, and University of Washington’s Jake Locker in voting on Facebook during the month of March.

More than 140,000 votes were cast to make Ingram the first fan-voted cover athlete in NCAA Football franchise history.

Ingram follows Broncos quarterback, and former University of Florida star Tim Tebow, who was the cover selection for 2011.

A&E reporter John Wenzel has covered a variety of topics for The Denver Post over the years, including video games, comedy, music and the fine arts. He's been playing and loving video games since his dad brought home a sweet ColecoVision in 1983. Catch him on PSN as beardsandgum.

Hugh got his start writing for the Cheyenne and Woodmen Edition newspapers in Colorado Springs. In 2011 he moved to Denver where he has written for Denver Urban Spectrum and Colorado Community Media’s Wheat Ridge Transcript. Hugh joined The Denver Post in 2014 as an editorial assistant.

Bryan Moore joined The Denver Post sports department in 1997 and has worked in many phases of producing the daily sports section ever since, specifically focusing on coverage of the Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and college football and basketball.